Learning Designer

Falmouth Launchpad; Falmouth; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A university education provider in England seeks a passionate Learning Designer to enhance online courses. The role focuses on improving digital learning resources and collaborating with academic teams to facilitate engaging learning experiences. Candidates must possess excellent communication skills and experience in digital pedagogic design. Benefits include a strong pension contribution, 35 days of leave, and remote working options for UK-based applicants.

Benefits

Employer Pension Contribution up to 12%

35 days + 8 days bank holiday

Relocation Assistance

Annual salary increments

Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay

Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme

Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme

Salary Sacrifice Home & Tech Scheme

Life Assurance

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and knowledge of pedagogic methods.
• Experience in designing assessments and using digital tools.
• Previous work in supportive roles within technology-focused environments.

Responsibilities

• Improve online courses and enhance digital learning resources.
• Provide advice and support for effective online teaching methods.
• Collaborate with academic departments to develop course delivery.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of pedagogic and assessment design

Experience with digital tools for learning

Experience in a technology-focused environment

Job description

Learning Designer

We are now seeking a Learning Designer, who is passionate about raising the profile and reputation of Falmouth University through improving learning and teaching across all Falmouth online courses with a key focus on online delivery, digital assessment, and interactive learning resources.

Digital Learning is a forward‑thinking specialist team within the institution who work in partnership with academic departments to develop courses for fully online delivery. The team leads project work in relation to digital learning and gives pedagogic advice, guidance, and support to Academics in developing their courses.

This position represents a great opportunity to join an energetic group of creative digital learning staff passionate about enhancing and developing learning and teaching through use of innovative pedagogic design for online learning and appropriate digital tools.

The successful candidate will be committed to facilitating engaging learning journeys within creative subject areas. You will provide clear advice and support in the development and use of online pedagogic learning to support institutional learning initiatives and enhance the student‑learning journey.

The role requires a highly organised individual who has previous experience of working within course design practices and is a strong advocate of digital learning tools and approaches.

This is a fast‑paced role, and we are looking for a person who has the energy and commitment needed to ensure the work we do is sector leading.

Required skills & experience

• Excellent communication skills.
• Knowledge of the design of pedagogic and assessment processes.
• Experience in the use of digital tools to enhance learning and teaching.
• Previous experience working in a supportive, technology‑focused environment.

For further details on the skills/experience required for this role, please see the full job description above.

This is a full‑time, 35 hours a week position across Monday‑Friday. We are able to offer a remote working arrangement for this role, if required, which can be discussed further at interview. If taking up the position remotely, the successful candidate would need to be based within the UK.

The closing date for the position is Wednesday 7 January 2026.

Interviews are provisionally scheduled for the week beginning 26th January and 2nd February.

Benefits

• Employer Pension Contribution up to 12%.
• 35 days + 8 days bank holiday.
• Relocation Assistance to 10% of salary.
• Annual salary increments (Until top of grade reached).
• Enhanced Maternity/Paternity Pay.
• Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme (Tusker).
• Salary Sacrifice Cycle Scheme.
• Salary Sacrifice Home & Tech Scheme.
• Life Assurance.

Full details on our employee benefits can be found on our careers page www.falmouth.ac.uk/jobs. Alongside these benefits we offer a first class working environment across our campuses with all the facilities you would expect from a leading University.

A successful external candidate for this position would be employed by Falmouth Staffing Ltd, a wholly‑owned subsidiary of Falmouth University. Employees of Falmouth Staffing Ltd work alongside Falmouth University colleagues in the delivery of Falmouth’s strategic vision and will adopt Falmouth University’s HR policies and procedures in full.

Falmouth University welcomes and encourages job applications from people of all identities and backgrounds, particularly those under‑represented and/or marginalised, as it is important we have a diverse range of candidates to consider.